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Watch for Grape Phylloxera Galls
Posted on June 2, 2022The first galls caused by grape phylloxera (GP; Figure 1) were observed this week at the WMARS and it is recommended to start scouting for […]
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Watch for Thrips on Berry Plants
Posted onEastern flower thrips (ETF; Fig 1) have been reported at one of our strawberry research sites in Dane county. As mentioned in our last issue […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update May 19, 2022
Posted on May 19, 2022Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has increased over the last two weeks and is expected to increase further over the next two […]
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Notes From the Field: A Grower’s Perspective – Steve Louis Chat #3
Posted onHello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers, and welcome back to Notes from The Field: A Grower’s Perspective. This week Steve and I had our third chat […]
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Any Signs of Tarnished Plant Bug, Thrips, and Mites?
Posted onSetting up monitoring traps and starting sampling/sweeping protocols for tarnished plant bug (TPB; Fig 1), Eastern flower thrips (ETF; Fig 2) and two-spotted spider mites […]
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Early Season Vineyard Tasks
Posted on May 18, 2022After last week’s extremely warm weather, grapevines got enough heat to break bud and we are already seeing 2 to 3 inches of growth on […]
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Promoting Flower Bud Formation in Honeycrisp—the Time Is Now
Posted onHoneycrisp starts flower formation really early in the season and by the time fruits are 30 to 36 mm in diameter, which corresponds to about […]
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Grape Plume Moth
Posted onGrape plume moth may start showing up in vineyards soon, though it is a sporadic insect in vineyards in the Midwest. The characteristic injury is […]
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Grower Update: Vilas 51
Posted on May 17, 2022Spring has officially sprung in the Northwoods! Everyone was very excited to get outside and busy putting in irrigation and spring projects around the farm. […]
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Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 1
Posted onCultivar contamination—whether by sport seeds that germinated from an unharvested berry, or by impure cuttings used for propagation when a bed was planted—prevents cranberry growers […]